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ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST

GRADE NINE

Semester One

Second Session

Write your answers on the Test Paper

Time: 2 hours Pages: 9

TEST

SCORES

LISTENING 10

GRM/VCB 10

READING 10

WRITING 10

TOTAL 40

Name

School Class

ENGLISH, GRADE 9, SEMESTER ONE, 2nd SESSION 2017/2018

1

LISTENING 1 (Items 1–5) (5 marks)

You are going to hear five short texts about Teens Time. Match the pictures with the

texts. For each text, shade in the bubble under the correct option.

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

F.

Pictures

Text A B C D E F

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.


2

LISTENING 2 (Items 6 –10) (5 marks)

You are going to hear a text about a famous Japanese man called Matsue Basho. For

each item, shade in the bubble next to the correct option.

6. Matsue was a famous_______________.

poet doctor actor

7. He was born in_______________.

1640 1645 1644

8. He chose the topics for his poems from_______________.

art nature diaries

9. His greatest dairy was called "The Journey to _______________".

Osaka Japan Tokyo

10. Matsue got sick because of _______________.

sadness long travelling family problems

LISTENING

SCORE

10


3

GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY 1 (Items 1–5) (2½ marks)

Complete the text. For each item, shade in the bubble next to the correct option.

The Solar (1) ______________ consists of the Sun, moon and planets. It also consists of

(2) ______________, which pass the earth quite regularly. In order of distance from the

Sun, the (3) ______________ are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,

Neptune and Pluto. They all orbit in the same direction around the sun, which is the largest

star in our (4) ______________. According to recent researches, (5) ______________

believe that life may be possible in Mars.

1. system atmosphere space

2. moons stars comets

3. satellites planets rockets

4. surface earth galaxy

5. scientists technicians engineers

GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY 2 (Items 6 –10) (2½ marks)

Complete each sentence with ONE word only.

6. The girl ____________ won the race was happy.

7. The new restaurant is better ____________ the old one.

8. She ____________ studied English before she travelled to England.

9. If Sara travelled to Turkey, she ____________ enjoy the Turkish food.

10. Have you seen that film ____________?


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GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY 3 (Items 11–20) (5 marks)

Complete the unfinished words in the text.

Make sure you spell each word correctly.

EXAMPLE:

“Good_ morning! My_ name’s Ahmed Al-Zedjali and_ I’m a student_ at a

school_ in Muscat. I’m in Grade_ Six. My favourite_ subject is Maths.”

TEXT

Speaker A:

It's nice to see you here, Muna. Are you presenting a paper this

(11) we_____?

Speaker B: Yes. In fact my presentation starts (12) a___ 2 o'clock on Monday.

Speaker A: Oh, what are you going to (13) ta_____ about?

Speaker B: Well, it's about how to (14) sa________ money.

Speaker A: I guess it will be (15) use_____________. Do you need any (16) he_____?

Speaker B:

No, thanks. I (17) ha_____ prepared everything in advance. The materials

(18) a_____ the PowerPoint presentation are ready.

Speaker A:

That's (19) gr__________. I will be there on time to get more (20)

info____________ about this topic.

Speaker B: It's my pleasure. See you then.

GRM/VCB

SCORE

10


5

READING 1 (Items 1–4) (4 marks)

Match the four texts on the left with the texts in the box. Shade in the bubble under

the correct option.

1. Unfortunately, some people are addicted to

shopping.

A. However, it can be very dangerous if

they don't consult a doctor on a

healthy diet.

2. Satellites can help to find any location

around the world.

B. Murder Mystery which is the longest

play in literature was one of her well-

known writings.

3. Teenagers are fond of losing weight. C. Being kind and helpful is more likely to

make strong relation with others.

4. Najeeb Mahfouth was an Egyptian writer

who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1988.

D. Recently, doctors have started to treat

people with drugs to help control their

spending habit.

E. "The Games of Fate" is one of his

popular novels.

F. Nowadays, drivers are using them to

find their ways in cities and towns.

A B C D E F

1.

2.

3.

4.


6

READING 2 (Items 5–10) (6 marks)

Read the text. Then complete the task.

Dear Khalid,

Thank you a lot for your letter. It is nice to hear from you. I'm sorry I didn’t respond to

your last letter because I was busy preparing for my trip.

As you know, I've visited many unusual places. This year I spent my holiday in a cold

place .It was the North Pole! I'm so excited to tell you about my wonderful trip!

The people I travelled with were so friendly. They visited that place three times before.

They knew everywhere there and they were very helpful. One day, I got a high fever

because of the cold weather. A man in the team called "Ali" stayed with me all night and

gave me a traditional medicine to reduce my temperature and soon I felt better. They

shared their knowledge and experience with me. They taught me how to set up my tent.

It was very amazing. One night, we were afraid because we heard a roar of a polar bear

which was wandering around our tents looking for food. After that, we moved farther

north where we stayed there for three days. I enjoyed my holiday a lot.

I hope you had a wonderful holiday. Write back soon.

Best wishes,

Omar


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READING 2 (continued)

For each item, write a short answer (not more than FOUR WORDS).

5. Where did Omar spend his holiday?

____________________________________________

6. How many times did the team visit that place?

_____________________________________________

7. Who stayed with Omar when he was sick?

____________________________________________

8. What did Omar take to get well?

____________________________________________

9. What did the team teach Omar?

___________________________________________

10. Why did the polar bear come to the tents?

___________________________________________

READING

SCORE

10


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WRITING 1 (5 marks)

Write at least 60 words on the following topic:

“Teenagers have a wonderful time with their friends at school”

Do you agree or not? Give your reasons.

Your writing should be clear and interesting.

Marker A Marker B Average


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WRITING 2 (5 marks)

Complete the following task. Write at least 75 words. Imagine that you went on a trip to a wadi in your town. Write a story about your trip. Your writing should be clear, well organized and interesting.

Marker A Marker B Average

WRITING SCORE

10

1

GRADE NINE — ENGLISH LANGUAGE MARKING GUIDE

SEMESTER ONE, 2017/2018, SECOND SESSION TOTAL MARKS: 40

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LISTENING 1 (5 mks)

A B C D E F

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Notes: One mark each. Responses must be indicated clearly.

LISTENING 2 (5 mks)

6. poet doctor actor

7. 1640 1645 1644

8. art nature diaries

9. Osaka Japan Tokyo

10. sadness long travelling family problems


GRM/ VCB 1 (2.5 mks)

1. system atmosphere space

2. moons stars comets

3. satellites planets rockets

4. surface

earth

galaxy

5. scientists technicians engineers

Notes: Half-a-mark each. Responses must be indicated clearly.

2

Grade 9, Sem. 1, 2017/18, 2nd Session: Marking Guide page 2 of 3

GRM/ VCB 2 (2.5 mks) GRM/ VCB 3 (5 mks)

6. who 11. week 16. help

7. than 12. at 17. have

8. had 13. talk 18. and

9. would 14. save 19. great

10. yet 15. useful 20. information

Notes: Half-a-mark each. Spelling must be correct.

Notes: Half-a-mark each. Spelling must be correct, including grammatical endings.

READING 1 (4 mks) READING 2 (6 mks)

A B C D E F 5. In the North Pole

1. 6. Four times

2. 7. Ali / A man

3. 8. Traditional medicine / medicine

4. 9. To set up a tent

10. To look for food


Notes: One mark each. Complete accuracy in grammar and spelling is not required, but answers must be clearly and convincingly correct.

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Grade 9, Sem. 1, 2017/18, 2nd Session: Marking Guide page 3 of 3

WRITING 1 (5 mks)

5

– Discusses the topic in a lively, interesting way, making effective use of supporting arguments.

– The points made by the writer are logically organised and very clear.

– Makes use of a fair range of structures and vocabulary, with a good level of accuracy.

4

– Discusses the topic reasonably well, but use of supporting arguments is not fully effective.

– The points made by the writer are reasonably well organized and mostly clear.

– Use of grammar and vocabulary is reasonably correct, though rather limited in range.

3

– Expresses opinions with some use of supporting arguments, but only in a limited way.

– The writer makes an attempt to organise his/her points, but this is only partly effective.

– There is a noticeable lack of accuracy in the use of grammar and vocabulary.

2

– Makes an attempt to discuss the topic, but the result is unconvincing and clearly inadequate.

– Weak organization makes it difficult to follow the points being made by the writer.

– Grammar and vocabulary contain frequent serious errors.

1

– A very feeble attempt to discuss the topic. Very little relevant content.

– The points made by the writer are confused and disjointed.

– The language used is extremely limited and/or seriously distorted.

0 No attempt at the task: EITHER Irrelevant (Completely unrelated to the topic)

OR Hardly any writing at all, or not written in English OR Complete nonsense

WRITING 2 (5 mks)

5 – Tells the story fully and clearly, in a lively, interesting way, providing appropriate details.

– The text is coherent and easy to read. Not many language errors.

4 – Tells the story clearly enough, but writing lacks interest for the reader.

– There are several noticeable language errors and the text sometimes lacks coherence.

3 – Manages to convey the main outline of the story, but only in a limited way.

– Language used is limited in range and/or contains quite frequent errors.

2 – An attempt is made to tell the story, but important points are either missing or unclear.

– Language used is very limited and/or contains many serious errors.

1 – A very feeble attempt to tell the story. Very little relevant content.

– Language used is extremely limited and/or seriously distorted.

0 No attempt at the task: EITHER Irrelevant (Completely unrelated to the pictures or to the task/

instructions) OR Hardly any writing at all, or not written in English OR Complete nonsense

* NOTE: In WRITING 2, test-writers actually have two different task-options to choose from (Picture

Story or Task Instructions) when preparing the exam-paper. However, as both of these require student

to produce a narrative text, the same Rating Scale can be used, whichever type of task they use.

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